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Movies for Adults Interviews & Review Series: The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (played in the film by Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (played by Steve Carell) was billed as the “Battle of the Sexes” and became the most watched televised sports event of all […]

Recently, Saturday Night Live, the excellent, long running comedy spectacular, show created a great sketch about Amazon’s Alexa voice activated product (of course, the NOB Show has it’s own Amazon Echo Skill, HERE). The sketch was an advertisement for a (faux) device called Alexa Silver, touted as the only smart speaker built specifically for “The […]

The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series: Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I’m your host, Paul Vogelzang. A new book details the dramatic effects digital devices can have on today’s tech-savvy kids. It’s called, “iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood […]

The Not Old Better Show, Interview Series: This is a fun show. If you recall the film, Wild Hogs, starring Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William Macy, and John Travolta, as motorcycle buddies, and of course the excellent TV series Sons of Anarchy, you’re getting close to the new, real-life docuseries from our guest today, Tommy […]

Old… But Still Evolving

“… Life brings challenges that can either get the best of you or become playthings for your imagination. When you “become the problem” and take yourself too seriously, it can be hard to think outside the box and find new solutions. But when you play with the problem, you can often transform it into an opportunity for creative learning….”

Blog Posts

Returning Home: How time with my patents changed the way I think about life. Traveling for everyone eventually comes to an end, or evolves into something different. It is said that what we can take from our travels enriches our lives and honors our experiences. I’ll never look at my parents in the same way again…and […]

Including a Poem, written and read aloud by Author, Newspaper Columnist, Poet, VJ Vogelzang The beautiful wisteria plant, fragrant and visually stunning, grows in Modesto, California, and on my recent visit there, I found a spectacular trellis with an enormous vine. Wisteria is notable not only for its attractive, fragrant flowers, but also for its […]

Retirement is something we look forward to, yet also dread, as it means aging. It’s kind of like having a baby. You want to enjoy the baby, but the passage can be a bit painful! “Career Development” should go on forever. And, when aging, it means adjusting to a life with hours and hours of […]

When you hear the phrase, “the good life,” it brings a lot of things to mind. When I hear it, I think of my mom. My mom is 88, plays the accordion, does yoga and fitness, walks two high energy dogs, at once, writes poetry, is a member of her local “Pen Women” club, and […]